The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. BUSINESS

A new Maryland law requiring Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health benefits has other large employers concerned.

 CEI Expert Available for Comment: Adjunct Analyst Zachary Courser on Wal-Mart’s critics and their motives.

2. ENERGY

Crude oil prices rise to $65 a barrel amid political uncertainties abroad.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Global Warming Policy Myron Ebell debates national energy policy on Fox News Channel’s Hannity & Colmes.

3. TELECOM

The Federal Communications Commission ends 2005 without issuing a single fine for broadcast indecency. 

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews on what a world without the FCC would look like.

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